According to a press release from the Anderson Police Department, the Anderson Police have filed three criminal charges against the Teen Mom cast member. The 20-year-old is alleged, according to the probable cause affidavit filed, to have battered 24-year-old Gary three times.

A criminal investigation was launched after an episode of Teen Mom aired in September where Amber was shown hitting Gary several times.

Amber, according to August 14, 2009 police documents, “shoved Shirley against a wall, slapped him on the face and choked him. The incident was witnessed by the couple’s one-year-old child who sat in a child seat on a nearby bed.”

Then, on July 14, 2010, she was “videotaped slapping Shirley five times, punching him three times and kicking him at least once” and on July 18, 2010, “Portwood is again videotaped in the presence of their child slapping Shirley in the face, and punching him several more times in the face and upper-body.”

“I have 100 percent custody of that baby,” Amber said when asked who Leah is living with right now. “The only reason she’s living with Gary right now is because I was having trouble with my neighbors yelling at me and starting stuff. It wasn’t safe for her. I’m in the process of moving into a new house, and when I’m fully moved in, she’ll live with me just like before.

How is she coping with the stress?

“I’m going to therapy and seeing my psychiatrist,” Amber admitted. “That’s the only thing I can do right now. It’s been really hard for me.”